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Philotheca eremicola

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Philotheca eremicola

Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. eremicola
Binomial name
Philotheca eremicola

Philotheca eremicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub similar to Philotheca coateana but has smaller leaves and different sepals.

Description

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Philotheca eremicola is a shrub that grows to a height of about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and has glabrous branchlets. The leaves are crowded near the ends of the branchlets, about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, glossy green and glandular-warty. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the branchlets on slender pedicels about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. There are five egg-shaped to narrow triangular sepals about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with prominent brown glands and five elliptical, white petals with a pink midline and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. The ten stamens are free from each other and hairy.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

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Philotheca eremicola was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by D.J. Pearson near the Tjirrkarli Community in the Gibson Desert.[4][6]

Distribution

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This species of philotheca is only known from the type location in the Gibson Desert.[3][5]

Conservation status

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This species is classified as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Philotheca eremicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 388. Retrieved 2 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 388. Retrieved 2 August 2020. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 251. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Philotheca eremicola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ^ "Philotheca eremicola". APNI. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 2 August 2020.